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Sex in Literary Fiction 2

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

In my last blog, I promised an example of a sex scene from a literary novel that I think is done well. Here’s an excerpt from Michael Cunningham’s By Nightfall:...

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Sex in Literary Fiction

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

I recently read an article about how difficult it is to find quality sex scenes depicted in literary fiction. The argument is that the absence feels pretty cons...

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Recipe: Pad See Ew

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

Years ago in New Hampshire, my friend Kim introduced me to Thai food. I fell in love with something they just called “Pan Fried Noodles” and when the restaurant...

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Book Review: String Bridge

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

Jessica Bell’s novel String Bridge tells the story of Melody, who gave up her life as a musician when she had her daughter with her music promoter husband. At f...

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Monsoon Season: New Review

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

The following review for my book can be found on the Literary Inklings website: Riley is a Massachusetts girl fresh from college when she boldly moves across th...

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Another Shopping Update

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

While still frustrating, finding American-made Christmas presents gets slightly easier when I branch out from children’s clothes to children’s toys. Slightly. T...

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Shopping Update

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

My made-in-America Christmas shopping is half over. I just ordered two children’s outfits at CWDKids. Not all of their products are American made; there’s a spe...

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Politically Correct Christmas Shopping

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

Well, I have painted myself into a corner this year. Having slept through the first two weeks of the shopping season following some minor surgery and major pain...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

It’s that time of year again. Hard to believe I’ve been doing this  blog for over a year now. Last Thanksgiving, I was camped out at my parents’ place, waiting ...

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Vacation!

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Katie O'Rourke / 0 Comment

We timed our trip north just right. While we were in Flagstaff, we had mornings in the 40s and sunny days in the 70s. At the Grand Canyon, it was low 90s and be...

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